ESL English IV

(Enrollment based)

Course No. LA4EA

Semesters: 2; Credits: 1

Prerequisite: English III, Participation in ESL programs; Rated Beginning or Intermediate on TELPAS, have a score of 1 or 2 on LAS Links, and/or are newcomers to US schools.

Grades: 12

The ESL section of this course is delivered using Sheltered English strategies and is limited in enrollment to students being served in the ESL program and are: rated beginning or intermediate on TELPAS or LAS Links and/or are newcomers to US schools.

English IV is a study of writing and research skills integrated with the study of a variety of literary genre, both fiction and nonfiction, including novels, plays, essays, and poems which center around the immortality of ideas found in every generation of English literature. Students become familiar with the characteristics of good writing as a result of reading from a variety of British and world authors. College preparatory composition is emphasized. Analogies and etymologies invigorate the vocabulary program.